Box-fastener



(No Model.)

W. T. AGOTTIER. BOX FASTENER.

No. 511,933. Patented Jan. 2,1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT VILLIAM TALBOT OOTTIER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BOX-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,933, dated January2, 1894.

Application filed April 19, 1893. Serial Nc. L70,974. (No model.)

To all wir/0111, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM TALBOT OOT- TIER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and Stateof California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFastening Devices; and I do declare the following` to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to an improvement in fastening devices, andalthough more particularly designed for use upon shipping boxes, andcrates for fastening covers, yet it maybe used advantageously on gates,doors,

and other places.

The invention will be fully understood from the following descriptionand claim when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1, is a view of a portion of a shipping box with myimprovements applied. Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the improved devicetaken in the plane indicated by the dotted line as, on Fig. l, and Fig.3, is a perspective view of the improved staple and its attaching plate,and Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the hasp.

Referring by letter to said drawings:-A, indicates the hasp, which maybel mainly of an ordinary construction, comprising the sections a, andb, hinged together as shown at c. The section a, has the usual screwholes for fastening it to the cover of a box or other article to whichthe device is to be attached. The section h, is provided with anelongated slot arranged longitudinally as shown at d, and on one side ofthis slot and near the outer end thereof, on the face of the section b,is a tapering or inclined lug or rise e, and on the opposite 'side ofsaid slot, and at a similar distance from the opposite end thereof is asimilar lug or rise which when viewed in elevation have the appearanceof wedges. These lugs or rises incline in opposite directions and aredesigned to serve as stops or tighteners for the staple, as will bepresently described.

B, indicates a metallic plate which may be of a rectangular or othersuitable form in outline. This plate is provided with a suitable numberof holes g, for the reception of screws or other devices for securingthe plate to the front wall of a box or the like below the top edge, asshown.

C, indicates a staple. This staple is of a peculiar construction havinga flat base h, and depending from this base, in a central manner, is astud i, which is swiveled in the center of the plate B, as shown at k,so as to allow a space between the outer surface of the plate and thestraight under side or base of the staple, slightly greater than thethickness of the hasp section b, so that the staple may turn over saidhasp section when in a locked position, andsecure the same upon theplate B. The elongated slot d, in the hasp section b, should besufficiently large to permit the staple to enter. Ordinarily it is notnecessary to employ a lock in addition to the staple, of theconstruction described, but when it is desired to employ a padlock orthe like, the same may be placed in the eye Z, of the staple, after thehasp section ZJ, has been turned over it.

In operation when it is desired to fasten the cover of a box or thelike, the staple is turned in the position shown in Fig. 3, of thedrawings. The hasp section b, is then turned down over the staple, whenthe latter is given a quarter-turn, or slightly more than aquarter-turn, until it has been brought into engagement with thewedge-shaped rise on each side of the slot d. It will then be preventedfrom casually turning around, or allowing the hasp to get over thestaple. It should also be observed that by reason of the iat side orbase of the staple, the latter will firmly press against the hasp, andhold it firmly against the plate B.

Having described my invention, what I claim is-` The hasp having thesection b, provided with the elongated slot, and also having thetapering or wedge shaped lug e, on one side of the slot, and the lug f,on the opposite side,

` and tapering in a direction opposite to that staple and the face ofthe hasp, substantially of the lug e, in combination with the plate asspecified.` 1o B, and the staple C, having the eye, and also Intestimony whereof I aix my signature in having the straight base orunder side adaptpresence of two Witnesses.

5 ed to bear against the lugs of the hasp, and WILLIAM TALBOT COTTIER.

having the central shank or stud swiveled in Witnesses: said plate so asto leave an interspace be- LEE D. CRAIG,

tween the straight under side or base of the WM. H. DONNELLY.

